WebSocket and Android

Android is an operating system used by touchscreen smart phones and tablets. Android clients are developed in the Java programming language using the Android software development kit (SDK). The SDK includes development tools, software libraries, and an Android device emulator.

Kaazing WebSocket Gateway provides an Android WebSocket Client SDK to enable HTML5 WebSocket protocol communication in new or existing Android applications. For example, you can create an Android client to get streaming financial data from a back-end server using WebSocket. The following figure shows a high-level overview of the architecture:

Figure: Enable Communication Between Your Android Client and a Back-end Server over WebSocket